awesome stuff folks ! thanks for posting it , that Starlog interview was great and yeah ,Marvel did come close a lot , they even got a cease and desist when they wanted to do a second Death Star so they made The Tarkin battle station story in 51-52 instead . and as was posted earlier , the debut of the Hoojibs issue had Rebels on early Speeder Bikes , a few issues down the line the furry little Lahsbees on hang gliders etc …also , here is a forum I found where someone reviews every single issue …,do not agree with everything but we all have our opinions ,interesting read anyhow …enjoy …http://classiccomics.org/thread/1039/star-wars-marvel-reviews-confessor
Really enjoying this site - thanks. I’m up to the ‘Omega Frost’ reviews - which incidentally is where I started reading the series back in 1980. Unlike the reviewer I really dug the artwork, because it felt like a great combination of typical Marvel superhero stuff and Star Wars. So this holds great memories for me.
There’s an interesting ongoing concern in the thread about Ulrich Tagge and exactly who he is. I always assumed that Motti and Tagge had been reversed in the final film, meaning that Marvel was operating under the impression that Tagge had been strangled by Vader rather than Motti. That accounts for Ulrich looking like Motti.
God I’m a nerd…